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51st British Academy Film Awards

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Date
  
April 18, 1998

Best British Film
  
Nil by Mouth

Most awards
  
Romeo + Juliet (4)

Best Film
  
The Full Monty

Best Actress
  
Judi Dench Mrs Brown

Best Actor
  
Robert Carlyle The Full Monty

The 51st BAFTA Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 18 April 1998, honoured the best in film for 1997.

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Peter Cattaneo's The Full Monty won the award for Best Film. Nil by Mouth from director Gary Oldman won the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film.

The ceremony was hosted by Rory Bremner

Best Actor

Robert Carlyle - The Full Monty

  • Billy Connolly - Mrs Brown
  • Kevin Spacey - L.A. Confidential
  • Ray Winstone - Nil by Mouth

    • Best Actress

    Judi Dench - Mrs Brown

  • Kim Basinger - L.A. Confidential
  • Helena Bonham Carter - The Wings of the Dove
  • Kathy Burke - Nil by Mouth

    • Best Cinematography

    The Wings of the Dove

  • L.A. Confidential
  • Romeo + Juliet
  • Titanic

    • Best Costume Design

    Mrs Brown

  • L.A. Confidential
  • Titanic
  • The Wings of the Dove

    • Best Director (David Lean Award for Direction)

    Baz Luhrmann - Romeo + Juliet

  • James Cameron - Titanic
  • Peter Cattaneo - The Full Monty
  • Curtis Hanson - L.A. Confidential

    • Best Editing

    L.A. Confidential

  • The Full Monty
  • Romeo + Juliet
  • Titanic

    • Best Film

    The Full Monty

  • L.A. Confidential
  • Mrs Brown
  • Titanic

    • Best Film - British (Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film)

    Nil by Mouth

  • 24 7: Twenty Four Seven
  • The Borrowers
  • The Full Monty
  • Mrs Brown
  • Regeneration

    • Best Film Not in the English Language

    L'Appartement

  • The Tango Lesson
  • Ma Vie En Rose
  • Lucie Aubrac

    • Best Makeup and Hair

    The Wings of the Dove

  • L.A. Confidential
  • Mrs Brown
  • Titanic

    • Best Music (Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music)

    "Romeo + Juliet" - Nellee Hooper

  • "The Full Monty" - Anne Dudley
  • "L.A. Confidential" - Jerry Goldsmith
  • "Titanic" - James Horner

    • Best Production Design

    Romeo + Juliet

  • L.A. Confidential
  • Mrs Brown
  • Titanic

    • Best Screenplay - Adapted

    Romeo + Juliet - Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce

  • The Ice Storm - James Schamus
  • L.A. Confidential - Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland
  • The Wings of the Dove - Hossein Amini

    • Best Screenplay - Original

    Nil by Mouth - Gary Oldman

  • Boogie Nights - Paul Thomas Anderson
  • The Full Monty - Simon Beaufoy
  • Mrs Brown - Jeremy Brock

    • Best Sound

    L.A. Confidential

  • The Full Monty
  • Romeo + Juliet
  • Titanic

    • Best Special Effects

    The Fifth Element

  • The Borrowers
  • Men in Black
  • Titanic

    • Best Supporting Actor

    Tom Wilkinson - The Full Monty

  • Mark Addy - The Full Monty
  • Rupert Everett - My Best Friend's Wedding
  • Burt Reynolds - Boogie Nights

    • Best Supporting Actress

    Sigourney Weaver - The Ice Storm

  • Jennifer Ehle - Wilde
  • Lesley Sharp - The Full Monty
  • Zoë Wanamaker - Wilde

    • Award breakdown

  • 4 / 7 Romeo + Juliet: Best Director, Film Music, Production Design and Screenplay - Adapted
  • 3 / 11 The Full Monty: Best Actor, Film and Supporting Actor (+ the Audience Award)
  • 2 / 9 Mrs Brown: Best Actress & Costume Design
  • 2 / 12 L.A. Confidential: Best Sound & Editing

    • References

    51st British Academy Film Awards Wikipedia
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